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Dr. Ferm served in many capacities over the years in the Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association (BGEA). But we of the staff of the Billy Graham Center knew her best as
one of the people most responsible for gathering, preserving, and making available
the documents of BGEA history. She supervised the depositing of a vast mountain of material in the BGC Archives, which researchers have already begun to study and
use. Many people have benefited and will benefit from her tireless and cheerful
service.

Above all, we knew her as an oral historian. For four decades, she, with some
help from her husband Bob and others, interviewed more than a thousand people
from around the world, in all walks of life, about their involvement in Billy
Graham's ministry and evangelistic meetings. (The
online guide to Collection 141 contains a complete list and description
of all her interviews.) We are making available on our Web site several of those
interviews, including some of her earliest ones. We have listed them below in
tribute to our colleague and friend, who did so much to start the BGC Archives.